Last night I took a little time and played some sand volleyball with some of our High School students. While I looked like an old fool out there trying to keep up, I had a blast simply hanging out with them.

While I was out there playing, my mind (which never stops - which is not always good) was racing with thoughts. One of those thoughts was the simple question, why do I love this generation so much?

Here are a few thoughts, that I will probably continue next week:

• They are passionate!
• They are selfless!
• They are spiritually hungry!
• They dream big!
• They take risks!
• They are the hope of our nation and world! (Christ in them, that is)

Wow! The last week has been a huge whirlwind, but one great week!

It started last Sunday after church when I headed to Naples, Florida to spend 3 days with Ed Ivy, pastor of Living Waters Community Church. Ed became the pastor at LW 2 years ago and has seen the church double in size! God is using him in a big time way in that area! I look forward to building a great friendship!

After returning home I headed to Lake Tenkiller for 24 hours of play with the family. As usual we had a blast, but were missing Christopher.

Came back from the lake in time for a wedding rehearsal Friday night. Usually don't do wedding rehearsal dinners, but felt like the Lord really challenged me to do this one. I'm glad! God has given me some great new friends.

Friday night, about midnight, we picked up Christopher from the airport. He had been with the youth i ... Read More »

Last night was an absolute success!  A huge crowd of people came eagerly ready to serve and support the community.  Check out a few highlights: Read More »

It's around 11:30 this morning as I sit down at my desk for the first time today. I have been shooting videos this morning for our summer camp July 28-Aug 2. We're going to have such a great time at camp this year. I am really looking forward to all the fun stuff that comes along with camp and the amazing life change that takes part in so many students’ lives.
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I am very thrilled to get a chance to write on Clark’s blog for the next couple of days. I am Chad Higgins, the Jr. High Pastor here at Journey Church. Most of the time when I tell people that I'm a Jr. High Pastor it's normally followed up with some sort of response like, “Oh goodness… We will be praying for you.” Even though I am always thankful for prayers and truthfully they are very needed sometimes, I absolutely love Jr. High Ministry. 

In a couple of days Christopher, my eldest son, will be leaving for Haiti for 10 days. He, and the team he is with, will be serving the people of Haiti every day. The purpose - to show them the love of Christ! While I am so blessed my son loves to serve God in other countries, I am equally blessed by the fact that he loves to serve God here in the United States!

Every day I wake up with one thing on my mind - reaching a generation! The statistics are simple, and unchanging: 66% of the WWII Generation would confess Christ - 33% of Boomers - 16% of Busters (that's me) - and only 4% of the youngest generation alive confess Christ!

We are becoming an unreached people group!

It is that generation that I will give my life fighting for! God has a heart for the individual, city, nation, and world. But it is also very clear in the Bible that He has a heart for generations!

Life can come and go every day, but ... Read More »

Have you ever woken up simply wondering what you could do to become more attractive? You are standing there in the mirror, reflecting on your image, thinking, "What could I do to become more attractive to others?"

I have the answer for you!

In Proverbs there is a verse that simply says, "A person's loyalty makes them attractive."

So there is your secret. If you want to become more attractive, answer the question: "How do I become more loyal?"

One of my friends here in Norman works for the University of Oklahoma. He plays a pretty major role in the university, and has for years. If you ask him what he does he will tell you what he focuses on, then he will say, "I serve at the discretion of the President." He doesn't say it out of attitude, he says it out of loyalty. He is there to serve loyally.

True loyalty is really attractive!

A couple weeks ago I was given the opportunity to participate in a conference called Gifted to Lead.  Here is one of the many lessons I learned from my time at the conference. Read More »

Man, this weekend is going to be an absolute blast!!! I have never been more pumped about entering into the summer season as a church. It is going to rock!

As a staff we have been spending alot of time talking about our "best summer ever." The stories have been amazing! But the common thread was the spiritual growth, the involvement with the church, and falling in love. So we are going to help with the first two - you're on your own for finding the love of your life.

This Sunday we will roll out our strategy to help you make this the best summer ever! I believe with all of my heart that what God is going to do will change the trajectory of your life forever!

Don't miss it!

(Those of you at Possum Kingdom Lake, playing golf, can catch up onlilne.)

It is absolutey remarkable all that God is doing in our church right now! I am so humbled to be part of such an amazing move of God! Tomorrow I'll share some thoughts with you about this summer and what God is challenging us to do. I think it will be the greatest summer you ever have!

Today I wanted to update everyone with what is happening with the East Campus transition. As many of you know, we have acquired a new location for our East Norman Campus at 12th and Lindsey. The whole process has been such a huge God deal!!! The thought of being a mile off campus and have 32,000 SF - Wow - I don't even know what to say.

The thought of the compassion ministries that we wil be able to have in that facility is off-the-charts incredible!!! We have already have had some meetings to get some thoughts rolling!

As I mentioned at the EC, when I was over there a few weeks ago, we have considered bringing everything back to the North Campus t ... Read More »